Administration evokes uncertainty but Sheffield Wednesday supporters are hopeful it spells brighter days ahead – starting on Saturday now Dejphon Chansiri’s name is literally being removed at Hillsborough.
The owner’s surname is spelled out in the North Stand’s white seats, but they were being replaced on Friday just minutes after Wednesday entered administration and were hit with a 12-point deduction by the EFL.
It prompted more than 14,000 to watch a live stream of this alteration on X, and with James Mappin a season-ticket holder who sits in the white “R” of that stand, he eagerly awaits the sight of a blue seat when Wednesday take on Oxford United in the Championship on Saturday.
“That in itself is quite symbolic,” Mappin tells The i Paper. “It’s felt like an absolute lifetime under Chansiri and one bad thing after another.
“I never thought I’d see the end, so while it should be a bad time, I see it as a start of a new beginning and a way of actually getting the football club back to where it needs to be.”
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— The72 – We Love the #EFL (@_The72) October 24, 2025Mappin, who co-hosts the Wednesday ’Til I Die Podcast, is also prepared to spend after the club’s administrators urged fans to buy tickets, merchandise, pies and pints while a new buyer is found.
“I feel like there’s going to be a huge queue outside the megastore of people buying the shirts,” he adds. “My lad will get the away shirt, the third shirt, I’ll get him everything.
“It’s quite emotional. When you’ve spent so many hours talking about this situation, at times you think it’s just a bit of a thankless task, but to know that he will no longer be there after he’s strangled the football club in the way that he has it is just a bit overwhelming from a personal perspective.”
Mark Johnson of the Sheffield Wednesday Supporters’ Trust echoes Mappin’s sentiments. For despite relegation to League One looking an inevitability – the deduction putting them on -6 points – an end to Chansiri’s 10-year stint as owner brings promise of a new owner restoring pride at this historic club.
Protesting Sheffield Wednesday fans (Photo: PA)“It’s not very often you end up celebrating your club going into administration and then a 12-point deduction, but we’ve also got to remember that people will be very worried about their jobs,” Johnson tells The i Paper.
“Really, we had to go through this process, and so while we’re very concerned and worried, we do know that Chansiri’s time at Sheffield Wednesday had to come to an end and the only way it was going to come to an end was by administration. So we’re very relieved about that.
“We understand we’re going to have to go through some pain before we can get back to the club that we want to be. The fans have priced relegation in and we know that that’s probably going to happen.
“What we want is a good administration process and we’d very much like the right buyer with the right character and the right approach to come in and purchase the club. That’s our number one outcome.
“We’d really like to see some stability and just an end to the chaos that we’ve had to suffer for the last six, seven years. We’re very disappointed in some ways but also we’re pleased because we had to go through this process for the club to move forward.”
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Derby County were the last EFL club to enter administration, in 2021, while Reading’s recent plight under former Dai Yongge cast their future in doubt until Rob Couhig took the reins.
“We recognise there’s been a lot of clubs who have beaten this path before us and we walk in their footsteps to a large degree,” Johnson adds.
“Clubs like Derby, Reading, Bolton, even clubs like AFC Wimbledon who’ve had their problems.
“And what I can say about fans from those clubs, and clubs like Leicester and Wrexham, is that they’ve supported us all the way. Their fans have been fantastic and they’ve shared with us the things that worked and didn’t work going forward.
“You don’t really realise until you get into this situation how much the football really is about the fans. I know it’s a bit of a cliche these days, but we do need in English football the regulators to ensure the fans are at the top of the list when it comes to making sure that this football survives as we know it.
“Because it isn’t just about digital viewing, it’s about fans going to the ground and supporting the club. We’ve got a heritage and we want to keep that going. We’re very keen on making sure that’s part of the new Wednesday going forward.”
And following the boycott against Middlesbrough in midweek, Johnson expects a “fantastic” atmosphere at home to Oxford on Saturday.
“We’ve pretty much got the victory that we wanted. It’s not perfect, but it’s a step on the way.”
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